[Logbook of the Navarch (Steam bark) out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Joseph Whiteside, kept by Thomas Birnbaum on voyage 2 Mar. 1897-14 Oct. 1897]

by: Navarch (Steam bark); Birnbaum, Thomas, logkeeper

Publication date: 1897

Topics: Lewis, William L., 1834-1904, Whiteside, Jos. (Joseph), Ice--Arctic regions, Marine accidents, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Unalaska (Alaska)--Description and travel, Crew lists, Illustrations, Logbooks, Whiteside, Jos. (Joseph), Ice--Arctic regions, Marine accidents, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Unalaska (Alaska)--Description and travel, Crew lists, Illustrations, Logbooks

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Thomas Birnbaum, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean; 1897 Mar. 2-1897 Oct. 14; Includes descriptions of types of whales seen or taken, accidents at sea, arctic disaster, and ship frozen in with some crew leaving and later returning; and crew list. Other places represented include Unalaska, St. Lawrence Island, and Cape Prince of Wales; Repository also has microfilm of the Log (Reel 257); Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Joseph Whiteside, on voyage 2 Mar. 1897-14 Oct. 1897, to the Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; Owner-agent: William Lewis; Built at Bath, Me., 1892

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library